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it is called sandy relief. there is so much pork in there that has nothing to do with helping the people's suffering that is a crime against the treasury. $9 billion is for immediate relief, but that is in the past. $50 billion of this, i will give you one example. amtrak had some damage. it is about $32 billion. the bill has $300 million for operating expenses because they operate at a loss. there's so much junk in this. $500 million to noa. >> what is noa? >> national oceanic and atmospheric -- they predict storms. >> this does not address the fundamental problem that sandy created. >> we have a system in which you burn $60 billion, twice the budget of the state of new jersey. >> noaa already exists and they have done an excellent job in predicting sandy. >> now they need more. >> more for noaa. >> deliberate over the way you deliberate -- >> we have to take a break and then we will look at what lies ahead for the president's cabinet. >> secretary of state hillary clinton is back home after treatment for a bl
it is called sandy relief. there is so much pork in there that has nothing to do with helping the people's suffering that is a crime against the treasury. $9 billion is for immediate relief, but that is in the past. $50 billion of this, i will give you one example. amtrak had some damage. it is about $32 billion. the bill has $300 million for operating expenses because they operate at a loss. there's so much junk in this. $500 million to noa. >> what is noa? >> national oceanic and...
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captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- months since sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, the killing ground for an apparently deranged young man. the families of the victims of gun violence have been leading the effort to prod congress in enacting the first gun-control legislation in years. in chicago, the first lady spoke of attending the funeral of a young lady who until a week after the inauguration. >> there is a reason all of us are on this earth. i urge them to use their lives to give meaning. >> the appeals of sandy hook family members moved one senator to tears. >> i am a parent. i have a grandson. [indiscernible] >> that is west virginia democrat's joe machin, who along with republican pat toomey is sponsoring a bill to extend background checks. believe it or not, the legislation has passed its first a filibuster.past charles, what are the chances of this bill passing? >> i think we will get some extension of background checks and they will try to have some guarantee there will not be a national registry. it will be a very, very sm
captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- months since sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, the killing ground for an apparently deranged young man. the families of the victims of gun violence have been leading the effort to prod congress in enacting the first gun-control legislation in years. in chicago, the first lady spoke of attending the funeral of a young lady who until a week after the inauguration. >> there is a reason all of us are on this...
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i urge them to use their lives to give meaning. >> the appeals of sandy hook family members moved one senator to tears. >> i am a parent. i have a grandson. [indiscernible] >> that is west virginia democrat's joe machin, who along with republican pat toomey is sponsoring a bill to extend background checks. believe it or not, the legislation has passed its first a filibuster.past charles, what are the chances of this bill passing? >> i think we will get some extension of background checks and they will try to haveome arane there will not be a national registry. it will be a very, very small change. nothing like what people had envisioned after newtown, which was going to be a ban of certain weapons and on large clips of ammunition. i think -- considering what the ambitions were at the beginning -- it is something of a debate. >> lois, where do we go from here? >> we have a lot of debate on both sides of the floor. both sides have vowed to add amendments that will go nowhere, such as revisiting the ban on automatic weapons. i agree with charles. 86% of the american people want extended
i urge them to use their lives to give meaning. >> the appeals of sandy hook family members moved one senator to tears. >> i am a parent. i have a grandson. [indiscernible] >> that is west virginia democrat's joe machin, who along with republican pat toomey is sponsoring a bill to extend background checks. believe it or not, the legislation has passed its first a filibuster.past charles, what are the chances of this bill passing? >> i think we will get some extension of...
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May 5, 2013
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>> timing is everything, sandy. only 12 years too late. if you have said it then, i am sorry. the rearview wisdom is just a little outdated. >> it is what you call a decade after pill. [laughter] >> you cannot top this. think it isoes not a joke. >> it has been no secret that she had second thoughts about this relatively soon afterwards. she was still very unclear about what she meant. if we go back to bush v. gore, the country was in an uproar over who 1. the majority of the court decided at the time that they should decide. >> let's make it clear, if the court does not touch this, the ruling of the florida supreme court stands, does not? >> but then it can go to the congress. >> how about a count? neither side really wanted count. that would have been nice. the idea at the time, it was suggested by some people, at least one person on this panel, that you appoint gerald ford and jimmy carter as cochairs and have a count of every ballot in the state and take it away from katherine harris and the political thinkers so it would be validated and verify. cartery ford and jimmy on
>> timing is everything, sandy. only 12 years too late. if you have said it then, i am sorry. the rearview wisdom is just a little outdated. >> it is what you call a decade after pill. [laughter] >> you cannot top this. think it isoes not a joke. >> it has been no secret that she had second thoughts about this relatively soon afterwards. she was still very unclear about what she meant. if we go back to bush v. gore, the country was in an uproar over who 1. the majority...
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Jan 13, 2013
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different major disasters, including sandy. evan, will 2013 be the year where congress and the administration and the american people act on global warming? >> i wish, but i doubt it. they are we building on coastal areas as if nothing happened. i don't know what is going to take to make us wake up. >> should we discourage the rebuilding of the coastal areas? >> now, rebuild, but take into account the environmental changes you will have to make and the physical changes you will have to make. it is not a question of climate change. i listened with great interest to a segment on the rush limbaugh show this week where he discussed his idea that there is no such thing as climate change, and he played the statistical been of setting other instances of when we had a warmer times and cooler. and that you cannot make the case there is climate change. >> is there a case for denial? [laughter] >> one of the great physicists of all times is one of the skeptics on this. i respect his views. look, i am generally an agnostic on this, althoug
different major disasters, including sandy. evan, will 2013 be the year where congress and the administration and the american people act on global warming? >> i wish, but i doubt it. they are we building on coastal areas as if nothing happened. i don't know what is going to take to make us wake up. >> should we discourage the rebuilding of the coastal areas? >> now, rebuild, but take into account the environmental changes you will have to make and the physical changes you...
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in sandy hook, youngsters were dismembered. >> this man not be a man who wants to wear silk and furs. >> cpac comes to town. >> my filibuster was a message to the president -- good intentions are not enough. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> there are a number of budget plans out there this week with a one tosomething and each offend someone. how about paul ryan? >> thankfully the american people have made it clear that they reject paul ryan's approach, and house republican'' brazen attempt to balance the budget on the backs of seniors. >> the election did not go our way -- believe me, i know what that feels like it does that mean we surrender our principles? forhe plan would cut taxes everybody and eventually replace medicare with a voucher plan, cut medicaid by over $700 billion in 10 years. do the democrats have a better idea, mark? >> the democrats have a better idea by basically not letting anything compete in the spotlight with paul ryan's. numbersho looks at believe that you can cut the deficit in 10 years while simultaneously increasing defen
in sandy hook, youngsters were dismembered. >> this man not be a man who wants to wear silk and furs. >> cpac comes to town. >> my filibuster was a message to the president -- good intentions are not enough. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> there are a number of budget plans out there this week with a one tosomething and each offend someone. how about paul ryan? >> thankfully the american people have made it clear that they...
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. >> what changed in sandy hook, they struggle broke the camels back, -- and the straw that broke the camels back, they say this will be a defining issue for me. >> a free people should be armed, firearms are second only to the constitution in importance. george washington. >> second only to the constitution. a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. shall not be infringed. do i have a right to have an ak- 47? >> apparently. they keep broadening, the interpretation when we were younger that it was for militias. as it says in the amendment. it was not for anybody to keep an ak-47 but recently the courts have been expansively interpreting the amendment to give your right to have weapons, congress can limit it, but they choose not to. >> you heard what george washington said. had there not been arms in the hands of the minutemen, we would be speaking with british accents. >> we needed one in 1776. i am not sure we need one now. >> evan is right. we were a colony. we did not have control of our government. right now we have a democracy and you can influence
. >> what changed in sandy hook, they struggle broke the camels back, -- and the straw that broke the camels back, they say this will be a defining issue for me. >> a free people should be armed, firearms are second only to the constitution in importance. george washington. >> second only to the constitution. a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. shall not be infringed. do i have a right to have an ak- 47? >> apparently. they keep...